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Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman avoided last-minute jitters to seal just his second Asian Tour win when he clinched the Indian Open on Sunday at the Delhi Golf Club. Siddik shot a three-over-par 75 in the final round to see off the challenges from the Indian duo, Anirban Lahiri and SSP Chowrasia, who both finished a ... Read more

Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam called upon the opposition to take preparation for participating in the upcoming general election for the continuation of democracy in the country. “AL has already started the process of taking part in the polls and I hope the other political parties will do the same in order to ... Read more

The authorities on Sunday removed the additional security personnel deployed around the residence of opposition leader Khaleda Zia and from in front of BNP headquarters at Naya Paltan. Talking to The Independent, Khandaker Lutful Kabir, Deputy Commissioner of Gulshan Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police confirmed the withdrawal of police. But he declined to say about ... Read more

Hefazat-e-Islami Bangladesh, a qaumi madrasa-based organisation, has postponed its scheduled rally at Shapla Square in the city on November 15, said city leader of the organisation. Maulana Ahlullah Wasel, Dhaka city media chief of the HIB, said they have taken the decision considering the holy Ashura on November 15 and Dhaka district Tablig-e-Jamaat programme on ... Read more

In response to a notice from the United States Trade Representative (USTR), the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has almost finalised the country’s position paper, giving details of the steps taken by the government with respect to labour rights and other compliance issues. The USTR has requested Bangladesh to inform the US about the measures taken ... Read more

Two left leaning political parties — Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesh Shamajtantrik Dal (BSD) — accused the state minister for home affairs Shamsul Haque Tuku of sheltering those who were involved in attacks on minority community at Shanthia in Pabna. The parties raised the issue at a press conference in the city on ... Read more

Examinations of Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) scheduled to be held on November 13 (Wednesday) have been shifted to November 22, due to extension of hartal called by BNP-led 18 party. The JSC test for Wednesday will take place at 2:30pm on November 22, while JDC test for the day would ... Read more

Hundreds of illegal migrants targeted in a Saudi nationwide crackdown turned themselves in on Sunday after security forces besieged a Riyadh neighbourhood where riots had killed two people. Men, women and children lined up carrying their belongings to board police buses transferring them to an assembly centre before their deportation, a week after a seven-month

Newly-appointed United States Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal is likely to highlight the current political impasse over the election period governance, worker rights and Grameen Bank at her talks with Bangladeshi officials during her upcoming visit to Dhaka over November 16-18. Besides, she will talk about the ... Read more

China has expressed its deep concern over the political situation in the country and called for dialogue between Awami League and BNP to resolve the differences. Like Bangladesh people, I am deeply worried about the recent development of the political situation, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jun said in

The five arrested BNP leaders were sent to jail on Saturday after a Dhaka court adjourned the hearing of their bail petitions till November 14. The court also postponed hearing on the remand petitions of the investigating officers, till date. The BNP leaders were arrested on Friday night for their alleged involvement in “attempting to ... Read more

Most senior leaders of the BNP-led 18 Party Alliance have gone into hiding after the arrest of BNP stalwarts on Friday night. The police also carried out raids at homes of a number of senior leaders, including acting secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, following the detention of the BNP bigwigs. The 18 Party Alliance leaders have ... Read more

Pro-hartal activists torched at least 10 vehicles including a police car and hurled several cocktails in different areas in the city on Saturday ahead of the BNP-led 18-party’s 84-hour countrywide hartal demanding caretaker government. Quoting witnesses, police alleged that at around 11am, pro-hartal activists torched a

Firing a broadside at the BNP chief for her ‘destructive’ politics, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday alleged that whenever BNP comes to power it turns the country into a doomsday through killing people and plundering public funds. “Whenever BNP comes to power it brings doomsday for the country,” she said while

Business people have expressed serious concern over the current spate of shutdowns and urged the political parties to reach a consensus, immediately, on a poll-time government, for the benefit of the country’s trade and economy. They expressed deep anxiety over the fallout from the ongoing violent political developments. The situation is hindering uninterrupted

Talks of arrest of the Leader of the Opposition and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia buzzed around the capital throughout Saturday, but it happened to be rumour. The rumour was, however, given some semblance of credence after Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu told reporters at a function in

The United States has called for ensuring political space to enable all parties in Bangladesh to express their views freely and peacefully. “There must be political space so all parties can express their views freely and peacefully. This is an essential element of democracy,” Kelly McCarthy, the spokesperson of the US Embassy in Dhaka, said ... Read more

The country-wide 72-hour general strike, called by the BNP-led 18 Party Alliance, has been extended by 12 hours, following the arrest of the opposition party’s top leaders. BNP joint secretary-general, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, said this at a press conference at the party’s Naya Paltan central office, on Sunday. The hartal will now begin at 6am ... Read more

Condemning the arrest of its senior leaders, opposition BNP on Saturday urged the government to pursue the path of dialogue on the polls-time non-party government to restore peace and relief among people. In a statement, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, “Come to the path of dialogue on restoration of the nonparty ... Read more

Shaheed Noor Hossain Day, commemorating the heartrending martyrdom of young man Noor Hossain during the anti-Ershad movement in the late 80s, will be observed on Sunday with due solemnity. On November 10, 1987 Noor Hossain, a leader of Awami Juba League, was killed in police firing when he had staged protest against the autocratic rule ... Read more